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Trade: (Awareness session on traffic rules held at ICCI)
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway and Motorway Police in collaboration with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) organized an awareness session here at Chamber House on Wednesday to educate the business community on the importance of traffic rules compliance in order to avoid road accidents.
Addressing the business community, Tashfeen Nawaz, …
Minister: (Media industry always stood by democratic system despite all odds: Marriyum)
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the country will collectively commemorate the first ten years of continuation of democratic setup in the month of July.
She was addressing a ceremony marking the announcement of 8th Wage Board Award for the journalists’ community here at the National …
Politics: (About 20 PTI lawmakers in KP allegedly sold votes in Senate polls)
ISLAMABAD: PTI says at least twenty of its lawmakers in KP Assembly allegedly sold their votes during recent Senate elections.
This was revealed in an investigation report of the party and also later acknowledged by the party chief Imran Khan at a news conference.
The report further said that PTI members received …
Politics: (Nawaz, Marriyum leave for London)
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and Marriyum Nawaz left for London from Lahore on Wednesday morning.
They went to London to inquire about the health of Kalsoom Nawaz.
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AJK: (Chinese company expresses willingness to invest in AJK hydel sector)
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese company has expressed its willingness to invest in hydel sector in Azad Kashmir.
A delegation of the company expressed the desire in a meeting with Azad Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan in Islamabad on Wednesday.
It was informed on the occasion that the company is already working on a …
Dipl: (At UN, Pakistan calls for steps to end sexual violence in conflict zones)
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi has called for mechanisms to independently investigate and verify reports emerging from conflict situations where sexual violence occurred.
Addressing an open debate on Preventing Sexual Violence at UN Security Council in New York, she said from Myanmar to our own neighbourhood, …